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re⋅move

  [ri-moov] verb, -moved, -mov⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
2. to take off or shed (an article of clothing): to remove one's jacket.
3. to move or shift to another place or position; transfer: She removed the painting to another wall.
4. to put out; send away: to remove a tenant.
5. to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge: They removed him for embezzling.
6. to take away, withdraw, or eliminate: to remove the threat of danger.
7. to get rid of; do away with; put an end to: to remove a stain; to remove the source of disease.
8. to kill; assassinate.
–verb (used without object)
9. to move from one place to another, esp. to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.
10. to go away; depart; disappear.
–noun
11. the act of removing.
12. a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
13. the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another: to see something at a remove.
14. a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience: to criticize something at a remove.
15. a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.: a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
16. a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
17. British. a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.
Use remove in a Sentence
Origin:
1250–1300; ME removen (v.) < OF remouvoir < L removēre. See re-, move

Synonyms:
1. dislodge. 3. displace, transport. 8. murder.

Antonyms:
1. leave. 9. remain.
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re·move   (rĭ-mōōv')   
v.   re·moved, re·mov·ing, re·moves

v.   tr.

  1. To move from a place or position occupied: removed the cups from the table.

  2. To transfer or convey from one place to another: removed the family to Texas.

  3. To take off: removed my boots.

  4. To take away; withdraw: removed the candidate's name from consideration.

  5. To do away with; eliminate: remove a stain.

  6. To dismiss from an office or position.

v.   intr.

  1. To change one's place of residence or business; move: "In 1751, I removed from the country to the town" (David Hume).

  2. To go away; depart.

  3. To be removable: paint that removes with water.

n.  

  1. The act of removing; removal.

  2. Distance or degree of separation or remoteness: "to spill, though at a safe remove, the blood of brave men" (Anthony Burgess).


[Middle English removen, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre : re-, re- + movēre, to move; see move.]
re·mov'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

remove 
c.1300, from O.Fr. remouvoir, from L. removere "move back or away," from re- "back, away" + movere "to move" (see move). The noun is first recorded 1553, "act of removing;" sense of "space or interval by which one thing is distant from another" is attested from 1628.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·move
Pronunciation: ri-'müv
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: re·moved; re·mov·ing
transitive verb : to change the location, position, station, status, or residence of: as a : to have (an action) transferred from one court to another and esp. from a state court to a federal court —see also SEPARABLE CONTROVERSY
NOTE: Section 1441 et seq. of title 28 of the U.S. Code allows a defendant who is brought into a state court to remove the action to federal district court when diversity of citizenship exists, when the action involves a claim or right arising under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of the U.S. for any act under color of office may also be removed. b : to dismiss from office removed from office…only by the personal action of the Attorney General —U.S. Code> c : to take away removed by a judgment of a court —Louisiana Civil Code> —re·mov·abil·i·ty /-"mü-v&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun —re·mov·able also re·move·able /-'mü-v&-b&l/ adjective —re·mov·able·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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